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and remember us. before the issue with the will do.y i was out in the country trying to help this. it was a lot of different ways. the military officers to go home. >> i think it is a good question about what is the role of cultural diplomacy? what have you found is affected? >> i like what you said about alumni. we were a bit perplexed. we found there is not a very effective alumni outreach as part of public diplomacy. that has changed. the concern was that we either brought folks to the united states are interacting with them overseas but we did not have an ability to reach out. could we tap that alumni network so we ran not just preaching to the same 50 people who came to the in the sea every freakin time. that was key in continues to be an aspect. particularly in aren't the number of programs, we have an access program. it that is where we brought children to teach them english. we would teach them for two years in their foreign country. then we could engage them in the s program. we do not have a
and remember us. before the issue with the will do.y i was out in the country trying to help this. it was a lot of different ways. the military officers to go home. >> i think it is a good question about what is the role of cultural diplomacy? what have you found is affected? >> i like what you said about alumni. we were a bit perplexed. we found there is not a very effective alumni outreach as part of public diplomacy. that has changed. the concern was that we either brought folks...
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can the prime minister tell us whether he has kept that promise? >> the promise we have kept is that we would increase spending every year under this government and in britain, in england that is happening, in wales there's a massive cuts run by a neighbor. >> mr. speaker, several thousand fewer nurses with the public supporting and a very specific question about a promise by the secretary, the leader of the house, promise a year ago he promised a year ago that there will be no rationing. this is what the president of the world college of ophthalmologists recently said. he said this. pcs are not falling government guidelines. there restricting access to cataract surgery. he got rid of them. can the prime minister tell me why for the first time in six years the number of cataract operations actually fell? what i can tell him is under this government the number of doctors is up, the number of operations is up, waiting lists are down, waiting time down. that is what is happening. he quote primary care trust. there abolishing primary care trust and put
can the prime minister tell us whether he has kept that promise? >> the promise we have kept is that we would increase spending every year under this government and in britain, in england that is happening, in wales there's a massive cuts run by a neighbor. >> mr. speaker, several thousand fewer nurses with the public supporting and a very specific question about a promise by the secretary, the leader of the house, promise a year ago he promised a year ago that there will be no...
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for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program visit us at q&a.org. the programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next to british prime minister david cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. after that leon panetta on the fight against al qaeda and the impact of sequestration, and another chance to see q&a." tomorrow on "washington journal," matt lewis looks up the future of the republican party. congress debates the so-called fiscal cliff, and the wall street journal correspondent discusses the options concerning a shortfall in the administration budget. british prime minister david cameron and ed miliband who agreed international pressure must be put on israel and hamas to end the violence in the region and work to a two-state solution. the remark came during a session of the house of commons. also discussion of recent elections for local police commissioners. this constituency and elsewhere. >> questions for the prime minister first from hunt. >> thank you, mr. speaker. before listing my engagements the house will wis
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what happens to us? the one thing that i know is people want to be involved in supporting the agenda. how it looks is a discussion that we need to have with the grassroots. you can't run two presidential campaigns and say we're going to do it from d.c. now. that's not how it's going to work. what's going to happen, the president has been direct, is our people are going to get to make some decisions. we're going to go through a process like we did after the '08 and sit down with them. part of the smartest thing we did in the 2012 campaign was go and have a series of town halls online with the supporters. what kind of campaign do you want to run? that's why we ended up doing some things at the time i didn't want to do. get involved in local elections in wisconsin. because our people wanted to. it ended up being some of the best things we did. we're going to learn from our folks. >> what are the mechanics of that? this was an e-mail yesterday or two nights ago from you -- maybe it was george clooney. asking
what happens to us? the one thing that i know is people want to be involved in supporting the agenda. how it looks is a discussion that we need to have with the grassroots. you can't run two presidential campaigns and say we're going to do it from d.c. now. that's not how it's going to work. what's going to happen, the president has been direct, is our people are going to get to make some decisions. we're going to go through a process like we did after the '08 and sit down with them. part of...
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we will make that work for us. today's panel is on the question of for-profit and federal education policy. this is a topic that we at aei have been talking about for an extended stretch. in support of the templeton foundation, we have been running the private enterprise projects, trying to think about the opportunities and the challenge. how do make this work for kids in the community's? how do we think about some of the challenges the potential perils? this panel is a close of a series of panels and conversations. we have commissioned a number of pieces that will be coming up as a book this spring. we have the opportunity to work. phones, inose of the was cell turn them off. why this topic? the vast majority of what we do in america k-12 is done by public institutions. it is done by institutions run by states. and a lot of other work including most charter schools are run by nonprofit. then there is a substantial slot of activity that is for profit. they run schools or colleges. they sell everything from pencils
we will make that work for us. today's panel is on the question of for-profit and federal education policy. this is a topic that we at aei have been talking about for an extended stretch. in support of the templeton foundation, we have been running the private enterprise projects, trying to think about the opportunities and the challenge. how do make this work for kids in the community's? how do we think about some of the challenges the potential perils? this panel is a close of a series of...
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to use. the comment made by the governor of colorado the morning after the election when he said did not break out the fritos and the goldfish yet, the federal government will make itself known. but it is hard to imagine this federal government suddenly sank many to but somebody in colorado who is acting much marijuana. >> i think that is right. that is an important lesson from prohibition as well. one of the other issues that often comes up in connection with federal drug laws is the enforcement of the laws and the result of the enforcement, which is to push the entire system of drug production underground treating black markets, giving rise to crime, culture and things like that. did that happen during prohibition? the rise of crime, culture? the anti prohibition, that results in a reduction of criminal activity in connection with drugs? >> to the first point, what we know is the national crime syndicates today was created by and for prohibition. this is not to say there was not organized c
to use. the comment made by the governor of colorado the morning after the election when he said did not break out the fritos and the goldfish yet, the federal government will make itself known. but it is hard to imagine this federal government suddenly sank many to but somebody in colorado who is acting much marijuana. >> i think that is right. that is an important lesson from prohibition as well. one of the other issues that often comes up in connection with federal drug laws is the...
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for hosting us all here tonight. good evening. >> both chambers of congress return to session this wiege. the house gavels in on tuesday and later in the week, members are expected to take up legislation that would expedite the process for granting legal status to immigrant students who earned advance degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. off the floor on thursday, house democrats are expected to elect leaders for the 113th congress. follow the house live here on c-span. the senate reconvened tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. with a couple votes scheduled at 5:30 p.m. live senate coverage on c-span2. on friday, first lady michelle obama was on hand for the arrival of the official white house christmas tree. it was brought in on a horse-drawn carriage. daughters sasha and malia were also there. this year's tree a 19-foot frazier fir selected in early october and harvested this month at peeks farm in jefferson, north carolina. it will be displayed throughout the holiday season in the blue room. >> tell us abo
for hosting us all here tonight. good evening. >> both chambers of congress return to session this wiege. the house gavels in on tuesday and later in the week, members are expected to take up legislation that would expedite the process for granting legal status to immigrant students who earned advance degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. off the floor on thursday, house democrats are expected to elect leaders for the 113th congress. follow the house live here on...
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for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program visit us at q&a.org. the programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." live at 10:00 a.m., the american enterprise institute hosts a discussion on how federal rules and regulations affect private enterprise and education with representatives from the bill and melinda gates foundation and the education department. >> if you listen to mayor bloomberg who says that the damage was unprecedented, that it may be the worst storm of the city has ever faced, the tidal surge -- the storm was 14 feet -- gov. christie said the damage in new jersey was unthinkable. we had fires, we had hurricane force wing -- arcane force winds, we have a snowe, you look at and the flooding of the subway system and the shutdown of the stock exchange, you get a sense of the massive scope and scale of this storm. yet the networks performed. i have read dozens of stories about how for many consumers, their only link to information or to people was through their smartphone,
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they're a very valuable tool for us. so we have better information about the kennedy, johnson and nixon presidencies than we will ever have about any other president. >> a few days later, on october 28, 1962, the president calls president truman to report on the end of the crisis. how did it end? >> the crisis? >> yeah. as far as from what you've listened to, what was precisely the end of all this? >> well, khrushchev announced that he agreed with the terms of the american demands that the off yents dismantle the missiles -- the soviets dismantle the missile sites and pull their troops out of cuba sent valley. the terms were left quite loose. >> you put a letter, it's in russian, in your book and also it's translated into english from mr. khrushchev to the president. what was that? >> well, there are many fascinating letters between the two of them. and that leads to the story of how the crisis ended. khrushchev in one day wrote two letters, or two letters arrived from him. the first, an extraordinary personal letter exp
they're a very valuable tool for us. so we have better information about the kennedy, johnson and nixon presidencies than we will ever have about any other president. >> a few days later, on october 28, 1962, the president calls president truman to report on the end of the crisis. how did it end? >> the crisis? >> yeah. as far as from what you've listened to, what was precisely the end of all this? >> well, khrushchev announced that he agreed with the terms of the...
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would you tell us that story? give us an outline of the spill over and spread? >> there is an interesting set way there. talking about bats. one of the world experts on that the viruses, over there -- bat viruses, overthere, charlie, reach your hand. the heat was -- he was engaged in a lot of diagnostics. and he wrote a paper a few years ago that talked about bats and the fact that they are reservoirs' for a large number of pathogens. we have ebola and sars and many others. >> ian, would you describe what day reservoir host is and brought a role that place -- a reservoir host and what role that plays? >> it is literally serving as a reservoir for the infection of other species. frequently there is an end host a virus does not replicate well. but there is a reservoir that allows infection of humans repeatedly. the example might be the west nile virus. people did that have high levels of the growing in their blood, but birds may do so. a mosquito may move back and forth between birds and in fact another person and so forth. once it moves into a pig, or directly, w
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this guy has shared all of the dangers with us. he has taught us. he has trained us. look at where we are at now. we will be honored platoon at graduation. their only a motion is to please the drill sergeant. they'll never forget his name for the rest of their lives. that type of bonding takes place. when you talk to the kids in the hospital, if they have a chance of recuperating and going back, the first thing they will say is -- one to get back with my team and my buddies. they fight for a country and for a cause, but above all, the fight for each other. >> even if they cannot get back to their military unit, they will say -- i want to continue to serve in some fashion. that is a value added companies cannot build into a job description. >> in 2005, i had a noncommissioned officer wounded in action in iraq. he lost a leg just right above the knee. i was still in the fight. annie went to visit him and he said -- tell the boss -- i am coming back. she thought -- that is great, but that is not realistic. he knew i liked monty python. he said -- tell the boss it is only
this guy has shared all of the dangers with us. he has taught us. he has trained us. look at where we are at now. we will be honored platoon at graduation. their only a motion is to please the drill sergeant. they'll never forget his name for the rest of their lives. that type of bonding takes place. when you talk to the kids in the hospital, if they have a chance of recuperating and going back, the first thing they will say is -- one to get back with my team and my buddies. they fight for a...
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what does that tell us? we have agreements, but we have made the cost and complexity of doing business in this country prohibitive. as bill gates said earlier, we need our skill base to have employees earning that i wager that americans need to earn. ultimately it's part of the solution, and have been bipartisan to support small business, but frankly, we need to create an environment to support all business. but we're going to take advantage of our success, comeback to a lot of this is blocking and tackling root, be a long-term, being a strategic. our international alumni have been even more anxious that the school took this on and more positive than even our domestic alumni. we believe most of the people in the rest of the world actually understand that a successful american that is growing and vital is a powerful thing in the world. we have been able to create positive dynamics in the way that the global economy has developed. with that america pushing, what are the alternatives? do we really like the chin
what does that tell us? we have agreements, but we have made the cost and complexity of doing business in this country prohibitive. as bill gates said earlier, we need our skill base to have employees earning that i wager that americans need to earn. ultimately it's part of the solution, and have been bipartisan to support small business, but frankly, we need to create an environment to support all business. but we're going to take advantage of our success, comeback to a lot of this is blocking...
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most of us are sleeping then. i guess the whole purpose was to not let us see in advance your testimony. i yield back. >> the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. hamburg, i have introduced legislation to give the f.d.a. authority to define which compounding pharmacies should be required to register as manufacturers. would you support that? >> we think it's very important that we have additional legislation in this area and that compounders in fact register and that it can be defined what they are doing, what they're manufacturing and what the appropriate regulatory oversight would be. >> i have introduced legislation to give the f.d.a. the authority to require compounding pharmacies to compound safe drugs using safe practices. would you support that? >> i do support that. >> i've introduced legislation to give f.d.a. the authority to conduct the same inspections and request the same documents as it can from manufacturers. do you support that? >>
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to use. we can harvest information. >> with the reporting, you are getting a ton of information. these curators can provide information, but how reliable is the information? is it based on reporting? >> two key facts have to be made. there is a brilliant material out there that is being well- reported. >> how do you know that? >> i have been told. on the other hand, the implication of your question is correct. we do not know. when something comes across on the internet we have no way of knowing what the intention, what the goal is, what the bias is of the people who are putting it out there. i will tell you something i learned from one of these talks. it was on the subject of google. the speaker was making the point that he was a progressive, and he said a friend of his who was very conservative, they took their laptops, and they simply type into the search engine the word egypt, and they got a totally different responses. why? because there is a process going on. every time we search for som
to use. we can harvest information. >> with the reporting, you are getting a ton of information. these curators can provide information, but how reliable is the information? is it based on reporting? >> two key facts have to be made. there is a brilliant material out there that is being well- reported. >> how do you know that? >> i have been told. on the other hand, the implication of your question is correct. we do not know. when something comes across on the internet...
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that tracks us up until death. when we think about adding automation to that and to be able to track the social security number -- every american has a fund. why cannot vote using the technology there today? when a person becomes legal voting age, each state should issue that individual a state id. that would solve the fraud. that would sell accessibility. it would not matter early voting or not because it is attached to a number. host: we will leave it there. a couple of stories regarding the situation in egypt. the lead story in "the washington post" -- also regarding the same story in "the financial times" -- back to the phones with our discussion for remedies to speed up the voting process. cathy, you are on "the washington journal." del ahead. caller: we have a vote by mail here. it is wonderful. we do not have problems. i am a little bit surprised a many people in the eastern part of the united states think there is so much fraud. we really do not have that much of a problem here. we always have a paper ballo
that tracks us up until death. when we think about adding automation to that and to be able to track the social security number -- every american has a fund. why cannot vote using the technology there today? when a person becomes legal voting age, each state should issue that individual a state id. that would solve the fraud. that would sell accessibility. it would not matter early voting or not because it is attached to a number. host: we will leave it there. a couple of stories regarding the...
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i used to be a reporter. it is a combination of writing and editing from my vantage point. >> did you both deal with the editor and publisher? >> yes. >> thanks a lot. that is three interesting. >> one of my favorite parts of the book is petraeus is the dominant character and we have great access to him and it is told from his point of view but we established a group of secondary characters. three of them were the tenet commanders who were commanding combat battalions so we tell the story of their war. one fodder on kandahar, one in the mountains of eastern afghanistan, and gazni province and they all intersected with petraeus. the fourth secondary character is here, doug oliphant. we have one of the lieutenant colonels here. the general's aid in bosnia? he was his aide during the invasion of iraq. harry was back in afghanistan -- and here he was back in afghanistan. it was the first time -- petraeus has a special relationship with the 101st because he commanded them in the invasion of iraq. it was his first
i used to be a reporter. it is a combination of writing and editing from my vantage point. >> did you both deal with the editor and publisher? >> yes. >> thanks a lot. that is three interesting. >> one of my favorite parts of the book is petraeus is the dominant character and we have great access to him and it is told from his point of view but we established a group of secondary characters. three of them were the tenet commanders who were commanding combat battalions so...
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it is preventing us from using our own family money. i would also like him to touch on the agenda 21 and the united nations and how we use billions, and how we could use that here. >guest: the inheritance tax is a tax on capital. if you are taxing with capital gains or inheritance tax, you have a small business man that gets up to $3 million, and then the family inherits and they have to break it up. that it destruction of capital, savings. there should be no inheritance tax. the businesses were built with money they paid taxes on. that is very destructive and we should not have an inheritance tax. this is coming to me, one of the most important taxes we can change. over the years, at the beginning, i used to wonder, why doesn't seem like average middle-class people coming to me want to deal with the inheritance tax. rich people all have a way to get around it, trust funds, overseas investments, all kinds of protection, but the average person with a small business or a farm that they do not want to give up, they are the one that will be
it is preventing us from using our own family money. i would also like him to touch on the agenda 21 and the united nations and how we use billions, and how we could use that here. >guest: the inheritance tax is a tax on capital. if you are taxing with capital gains or inheritance tax, you have a small business man that gets up to $3 million, and then the family inherits and they have to break it up. that it destruction of capital, savings. there should be no inheritance tax. the businesses...
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this guy has shared all of the dangers with us. he has taught us. he has trained us. look at where we are at now. we will be honored platoon at graduation. their only a motion is to please the drill sergeant. they'll never forget his name for the rest of their lives. that type of bonding takes place. when you talk to the kids in the hospital, if they have a chance of recuperating and going back, the first thing they will say is -- one to get back with my team and my buddies. they fight for a country and for a cause, but above all, the fight for each other. >> even if they cannot get back to their military unit, they will say -- i want to continue to serve in some fashion. that is a value added companies cannot build into a job description. >> in 2005, i had a noncommissioned officer wounded in action in iraq. he lost a leg just right above the knee. i was still in the fight. annie went to visit him and he said -- tell the boss -- i am coming back. she thought -- that is great, but that is not realistic. he knew i liked monty python. he said -- tell the boss it is only
this guy has shared all of the dangers with us. he has taught us. he has trained us. look at where we are at now. we will be honored platoon at graduation. their only a motion is to please the drill sergeant. they'll never forget his name for the rest of their lives. that type of bonding takes place. when you talk to the kids in the hospital, if they have a chance of recuperating and going back, the first thing they will say is -- one to get back with my team and my buddies. they fight for a...
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>> some of us have it and some of us don't. it's not unfriendly. let's get down to what you want to talk about it. do you agree or disagree, or what have you? what have you? >> several people have described uva as someone known for his ferocious honesty and absolute integrity. how important is that to you, integrity? >> not even a close second. it is the most important thing to me. as a kid growing up it was the most important. important to my family. important to be in the service. very important to me as attorney general of new hampshire. and extremely important as u.s. senator. it is more important than anything else. [video clip] >> there are many people who might even take issue which the grant saving the union during the civil war. did lincoln not do that? i'm not going to say grant was the only person to save the union, but he was the commanding general of the armies that could lincoln's policies into effect. and he was the general who accepted the surrender of property lee's army. if anybody wants a war on the battlefield, if you could say
>> some of us have it and some of us don't. it's not unfriendly. let's get down to what you want to talk about it. do you agree or disagree, or what have you? what have you? >> several people have described uva as someone known for his ferocious honesty and absolute integrity. how important is that to you, integrity? >> not even a close second. it is the most important thing to me. as a kid growing up it was the most important. important to my family. important to be in the...
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sometimes that led us to focus on what sets us apart rather than ties us together. thanksgiving is a chance to put it all in perspective. to remember that, despite our differences, we are americans first and foremost. today we give thanks for blessings that are too rare in this world, the ability to spend time with the ones we love, to say what we want, worship as we please, note that there are men and women defending our freedom around the globe into book our children in the eye and tell them that you're in america, no dream is to be gift they are -- that here in america, no dream is to bake. -- too big. they see these jobs opportunities to give back. americans who believe we have a opportunity to look out for those who are less fortunate can move forward together. right now, as we prepare to gather around their dinner tables, there are families who do not have that luxury. many of them have lost everything to her game sandy. holmes, possessions, loved ones. it will be a long time before left it back to normal. in the middle of some much tragedy, there are also gli
sometimes that led us to focus on what sets us apart rather than ties us together. thanksgiving is a chance to put it all in perspective. to remember that, despite our differences, we are americans first and foremost. today we give thanks for blessings that are too rare in this world, the ability to spend time with the ones we love, to say what we want, worship as we please, note that there are men and women defending our freedom around the globe into book our children in the eye and tell them...
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will you be with us? it runs up against sentiment in the united states in terms of the american public at large. my personal view, and maybe it is not a broader one in the sense of the american public, but that is that we have made a significant investment. there has to be a thoughtful way forward so though what we invested -- that what we invested on our part in terms of blood and treasure was not for naught. pakistan is a critical element to this equation. in terms of our relationship with pakistan and the challenges we have had to deal with pakistan, that goes also to the point of the kind of diplomacy and influence that needs to be wielded. my view is, i think there are challenges, definitively, but there is the other side of the coin too and looking at what our servicemen and women did on the ground and a fulfillment of a mission. i wanted to make a quick comment on the point about not accustomed to the u.s. not leading. my view is -- i am not the one who said that, but i personally do not think that
will you be with us? it runs up against sentiment in the united states in terms of the american public at large. my personal view, and maybe it is not a broader one in the sense of the american public, but that is that we have made a significant investment. there has to be a thoughtful way forward so though what we invested -- that what we invested on our part in terms of blood and treasure was not for naught. pakistan is a critical element to this equation. in terms of our relationship with...
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it's hard to meet us all at once. there are more than 53 million of us. but let me tell you a little bit about who we are and what we do. first of all, most latinos are citizens. in fact, most of us have been here for many generations. we live all over the united states and our population is growing fast. in fact, every single year 500,000 young latino citizens turn 18 and become eligible to vote. of latinos under the age of 18, 93% are already citizens of the united states of america. in this last election, 1-10 voters were latino. in another decade we will be 25% of the voting age population in this great nation of ours. and here's a key fact about the more than 16 million latino immigrants. they work and they work hard often in jobs that are the hardest to fill, picking grapes and garlic, taking care of our children in daycare centers, digging ditches and making sure our dishes are washed. you know what else they do? they pay taxes regardless of their legal status. but here's one last fact you should know about latinos. they love america. and my republ
it's hard to meet us all at once. there are more than 53 million of us. but let me tell you a little bit about who we are and what we do. first of all, most latinos are citizens. in fact, most of us have been here for many generations. we live all over the united states and our population is growing fast. in fact, every single year 500,000 young latino citizens turn 18 and become eligible to vote. of latinos under the age of 18, 93% are already citizens of the united states of america. in this...
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inside of us in my case. popular music -- we were talking earlier about the fact that you loved to dance to swing music, the music of my father's generation, which i grew up with. i saw that music as popular when i was a young man. there is a continuing there, too. in a sense, it is all the same. classic rock is a term invented by radio deejays in order to sell advertising. it has very little to do with music. >> who are some of the artist that influence your music? -- artists that influenced your music? >> right back to the beginning, elvis. the first guy i thought of the best job in the world. i never thought i could actually do it. he just sang in a way that was go free and would throw his head back and roar. and i thought, i could do that. motown, james brown, you name it. so much music. of course, hank williams. i parents used to play a lot of hank williams. that is it. >> the same. my upbringing was made into a world -- i am sure roger heard this music, but i was made to sit and listen to sinatra, of du
inside of us in my case. popular music -- we were talking earlier about the fact that you loved to dance to swing music, the music of my father's generation, which i grew up with. i saw that music as popular when i was a young man. there is a continuing there, too. in a sense, it is all the same. classic rock is a term invented by radio deejays in order to sell advertising. it has very little to do with music. >> who are some of the artist that influence your music? -- artists that...
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to use. we can harvest information. >> with the reporting, you are getting a ton of information. these curators can provide information, but how reliable is the information? is it based on reporting? >> two key facts have to be made. there is a brilliant material out there that is being well- reported. >> how do you know that? >> i have been told. on the other hand, the implication of your question is correct. we do not know. when something comes across on the internet we have no way of knowing what the intention, what the goal is, what the bias is of the people who are putting it out there. i will tell you something i learned from one of these talks. it was on the subject of google. the speaker was making the point that he was a progressive, and he said a friend of his who was very conservative, they took their laptops, and they simply type into the search engine the word egypt, and they got a totally different responses. why? because there is a process going on. every time we search for som
to use. we can harvest information. >> with the reporting, you are getting a ton of information. these curators can provide information, but how reliable is the information? is it based on reporting? >> two key facts have to be made. there is a brilliant material out there that is being well- reported. >> how do you know that? >> i have been told. on the other hand, the implication of your question is correct. we do not know. when something comes across on the internet...
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the actual medical side is much better than us. better than us.
the actual medical side is much better than us. better than us.